Beecroft

19.5% of Beecroft's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

2,917 family households lived in Beecroft; 56.7% were couple families and 8.8% were one-parent families.

38.5% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Beecroft had 10,291 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.2% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 81.5% of occupied private dwellings in Beecroft.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 13.0% of occupied private dwellings.

44.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

38.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

17.5% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in Beecroft had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 15.0% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 30.0%, while 38.2% had four or more usual residents.

52.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

27.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

2.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.0% walked or cycled.

3.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 33.9% of the total.

62.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

64.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 35.2% reported a different address.

37.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

61.9% of residents used only English at home.

35.3% used a language other than English at home.

11.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 6.8% spoke Cantonese and 1.9% spoke Hindi.

37.0% of Beecroft's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 63.0% was born in Australia.

9.3% of residents were born in China.

3.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 26.5% of ancestry responses in Beecroft.

Australian ancestry made up 23.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 23.0% of responses.

41.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 20.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.1% of workers, and education and training employed 11.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.8%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

35.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.3%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

66.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.4% reported asthma, 7.4% arthritis and 3.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

40.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 23.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 11.5%.

Median household income was $2,962 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $3,350.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $590 per week.

Working from home was 52.7% in Beecroft, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 44.3% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 17.5% in Beecroft, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.